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Chicago Plans to Send Hundreds of Officers into Areas Plagued by Shootings

Chicago police Supt. Eddie Johnson announced Tuesday that hundreds of additional officers will be put on the streets this week in neighborhoods wracked by shootings as the city reels from its bloodiest weekend this year.

The "strategic deployments" will add 430 officers to five South Side and West Side police districts: Calumet, Gresham, Ogden, Harrison and Austin.

The supplemental manpower will be increased to about 600 this weekend, though it’s not clear how long the deployments will last, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

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This May, more than 7,500 service and working animals will receive free sight-saving eye exams in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The annual ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam event was created as a national platform to address eye health, which is critical for the safety of the animals and their handlers.

The Novato (CA) Police Department said on Facebook, "We would like to introduce K-9 Nova as the newest member of our department. Nova is a two year old Belgian Malinois who joined our force earlier this month."

The Baltimore (MD) Police Department posted a video to social media of its newest K-9s to join the department as they begin their 16 weeks of training at the police academy in the northwest section of Charm City.

Six people were arrested after a large fight broke out in Santa Ana early Sunday morning as bars were closing. One person reportedly struck a police horse named "Chex." Another horse, named "Willa," was also reportedly assaulted.